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Arguments: Are Yours Good or Bad?

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I have never known two people that spend a significant amount of time together and never have an argument. While it is true that some partners argue much less than others, there are times in everyone’s relationship when differences arise. I can recall one episode of Friends when Monica and Chandler were dating. After their first fight, Chandler thinks that the relationship is over. Monica has to reassure him that an argument does not mean the end of the relationship. While a few arguments are no reason to end a relationship, there are times when fighting can get out of … Continue reading →

Put Trust in Your Mate

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In a last article I began discussing how the world can sometimes make you worry or question your relationship. Although you think that you have a good marriage, the tales of cheating can sometimes make you wonder if there are things that you do not know. The only thing that you can do is trust. In order for your relationship to remain healthy you must completely and fully trust your mate. It is likely that at some point in time you or your mate may be faced with a proposition by a member of the opposite sex. Whether it is … Continue reading →

What Will You Not Do In Front of Your Mate?

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Spouses are best friends. They share all types of relations, hopes, dreams, and ideas with one another. However, once married that does not mean that all sense of privacy is gone. Some couples continue to find it awkward and even difficult to carry out some normally private activities around each other. I can remember many years ago when I was still in school going on a retreat with a group. One of the chaperones, who was a very tidy and always “fixed up” lady, had commented on how her husband had never seen her without make-up. Yes, this may be … Continue reading →

How Much Time Can You Spend with Your Spouse?

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Most women will complain that they do not get to spend enough time with their husband. Most of these women have a family to care for and a husband that works overtime. This situation I can relate to. However, every now and then I run across a situation that is a little different. In some cases, the wife is ready for a break. I hear this happening a lot when a couple has a vacation from work at the same time or the husband has been laid off and is staying home. Both partners may be on leave for a … Continue reading →

Does Your Mate Remind You of Your Parent?

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Most of you have probably heard terms such as “mama’s boy” and “daddy’s girl”. It is believed, and often very true, that girls are more responsive and bonded with their fathers and boys are closer to their mothers. Noting that in a normal family setting with loving and caring parents, I often see the pattern of boys hanging on to their mommies and girls with daddies wrapped around their fingers, I began to wonder what impact this has on choosing a mate. Do we subconsciously look for mates that resemble the characteristics and personalities of our parents? Are females attracted … Continue reading →

Pleasure Your Mate Month: Come to Your Senses

The month of September marks a lot of strange holidays and events, among them Pleasure Your Mate Month. Have you stopped to think about pleasuring your mate recently? What about the level of intimacy in your marriage or how to make your marriage sexier? Sex and marriage is a tricky –sometimes touchy (no pun intended)—- topic, but it’s important to keep a marriage sensual. But it’s also hard. Kids, work, schedules, deadlines, chores…they all conspire to suck the sexy out of marriage. There isn’t always enough time in the day, or energy at the end of one, to tend to … Continue reading →

Is Your Sex Life on the Skids?

This is a family forum and I’m going to do my best to discuss the following topic in a way that is not offensive. However, as marriages go, having your sex life hit the skids is a problem many couples may face after the birth of children. No matter how active, creative or unlimited their intimacy was prior to children – it seems that having a baby can not only neutralize the interest in physical intimacy, but also cut it off altogether. Identifying the Problem You may think the lack of interest in physical intimacy is the problem, yet strangely … Continue reading →

The Danger of Christmas

Following on from Mary Ann’s blog, it is especially important to remember at Christmas when there are Christmas parties happening and lots of events where people have at times had a few drinks. At such times sometimes fuelled by alcohol the inhibitions can tend to relax a little. And so we may need to be a little more vigilant about keeping that hedge up. We have some friends with whom we are on a hugs and kisses, hello and goodbye basis. Since I believe a kiss is a sensual thing, Outside of my husband and adult children no one else … Continue reading →

Make a Move toward Low Maintenance

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Previously I discussed the difference between being a high maintenance and a low maintenance person. Good and bad people alike can be both high maintenance and low maintenance. Being one or the other does not necessarily mean that you are unloving or unworthy. Yet it can determine what kind of mate you make and how successful your relationships are. As a general rule, relationships often work best if you lean more toward the low maintenance side of life. Life can at times be very difficult. Ideally, our romantic relationship should be the one thing that makes us a little happier … Continue reading →

Are You a High Maintenance Mate?

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Have you ever heard or used the term high maintenance to describe a person? I have actually heard it used to describe both children and adults. High maintenance people are people who are thought to be very demanding. The demands may be emotional, physical, or both. Some children are high maintenance in that they require a lot of attention from their parents. With adults, it is usually said that some women are high maintenance in that they demand a lot of goods from their mate. These women often place pressure on their mate to take them places and buy them … Continue reading →